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...a daily diary of Leelanau County for those that just can't get enoughWed, 21 Feb 2018 20:12:48 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4109979867Vol XVII – #326 – I See Ice As Far As I Can Seehttps://lelandreport.com/2018/02/vol-xvii-326-i-see-ice-as-far-as-i-can-see/
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After yesterdays near 50 degrees temperature, todays high of 26 felt like 26 below. This hasn’t been the coldest nor the snowiest winter this part of the world has ever experienced, it’s just been too wintery. Being “too wintery” becomes a factor the closer I am to 85 years old and that’s less than a month away. The wind is a factor, I dislike the wind. Too much snow is a problem sometimes, especially when it’s windy. Other than that…

The day began with fog and rain drops with the temperature rising, nearing 50 degrees with clearing skies at noon, then with increasing cloudiness early afternoon began to rain again. Not a bad day after all.

Sometimes, if you wait for it, the sunset becomes spectacular for a moment as the light ducks between the clouds and water. The red-breasted merganser and the gull were hanging out in Leland harbor yesterday.

Blue skies today, though it was a mere 18 degrees at sun-up. Today’s photographs are from Saturday, when JP and I went to Empire and watched as icebergs drifted by with the current, far out in the lake beyond the shoreline ice. We also checked out the Dune Climb, where a handful of people were taking advantage of the great conditions. One kind soul let me borrow a tube to try it out, saying it was like sliding down on a pillow: It was, but at an incredible rate of speed! If I had not dragged my feet, I would have slid all the way to the parked cars. Tubing was fun – as was taking pictures of everyone else whooping and hollering and skidding down the dune.